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Fera, Waters open food safety traning facility
Waters and Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) recently opened an international food safety training facility in New York, aimed at improving compliance with EU food import standards. The Fera International Food Safety Training Laboratory (Fera IFSTL) will primarily train scientists concerned with exporting foods to Europe.
Experts from Fera will lead training programmes that teach best practice methods to analysts from overseas, using state-of-the art technology and equipment for determining chemical contaminants and residues in food. This will enable food producing countries around the world to implement their own solutions and gain access to the opportunities offered by trade with Europe.
As part of the collaboration with Fera, Waters helped establish the laboratory’s construction, provided analytical systems and assisted Fera in designing training programmes. The facility is equipped with Waters’ state-of-the-art ACQUITY UPLC-MS/MS systems, sample preparation components, and mycotoxin analysis tools.
The Fera IFSTL dedicated training facility has the capacity to teach 200 professionals per year. In the first year of operation courses will cover pesticide residues, veterinary drug residues and mycotoxins. In subsequent years the range of courses will be expanded, including running bespoke courses for specific customers if required, and the number and length of courses offered per year will be increased.
The Fera IFSTL has been launched as part of an international network of food safety training laboratories aimed at raising standards of food safety testing globally. The first IFSTL was opened in the US in September 2011 by the US FDA, University of Maryland and Waters.
Art Caputo, Executive Vice President, Waters Corp, “We are pleased to partner with Fera in establishing this lab near New York. We believe that this collaboration will lead to better science and technology, and this in turn will help us raise the bar on food safety.
EP News Bureau – Mumbai